Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i Coming to India on July 26: Will be Amazon Exclusive

Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i Coming to India on July 26: Will be Amazon Exclusive

A couple of weeks ago, Huawei confirmed that it is all set to launch the Nova 3 smartphone in China on July 18. The phone was listed on Chinese retailer website ahead of its official launch, revealing all its specifications. However, the price is still a secret which will be known only tomorrow at the time of the launch in China. In a recent development, Huawei’s India twitter handle has posted a couple of teasers for the launch of a smartphone on July 26. The first tweet reads “Get ready to fourfold your creativity in more ways than one. The new Nova is #Coming4You!”, while the second tweet reads “A phone that can make you do more. Cameras that can fourfold your view. Four-in-one is #Coming4You!” Although company has not yet revealed the name of the phone, it is expected to be Nova 3 as the teasers hint at a phone with four cameras. The company may also launch the Nova 3i along with Nova 3. Both the smartphones will be Amazon exclusive and the eCommerce giant has already gone live with the dedicated page with teasers for the same. Interested buyers can submit their email ID to get notified once the phones go on sale.

The Nova 3 is higher-end of the two products. It sports a 6.3-inch full-HD+ display with resolution of 1080×2340 pixels and aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The display comes with iPhone X like notch at the top that houses the front camera set up. Under the hood, the device is powered by an octa-core HiSilicon Kirin 970 SoC coupled with 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of onboard storage. The storage can be expanded further up to 256GB using a microSD card. The dual-SIM phone runs EMUI 8.2 based on latest Android 8.1 Oreo operating system out of the box and is backed by a 3,750mAh battery.

The highlight of the device is its camera set up consisting of four cameras instead of the usual two or three cameras. On the rear you have a vertically stacked dual camera set up on the top left corner, which comprises of 16MP primary sensor with f/1.8 aperture and 24MP secondary monochrome sensor. The front also hosts a dual camera set up consisting of 24MP primary sensor and a 2MP secondary sensor.

The Nova 3i features the same display as that of Nova 3 i.e. 6.3-inch full-HD+ notched display. It is powered by latest Kirin 710 processor. The chipset will also feature the GPU Turbo technology that Huawei recently unveiled. It helps to improve the AR and VR experience on the phone.There will be two memory variants available- 4GB of RAM + 64GB onboard storage and 6GB RAM + 128GB onboard storage. It will be backed by a 3,340mAh battery. It will run Android Oreo 8.1 operating system overlaid with Huawei’s latest EMUI 8.2 interface.

In terms of camera you get a 24MP + 2MP dual front-facing camera while the rear hosts a 16MP primary camera and a 2MP secondary camera to help you take shots with bokeh effect. The phone will also come with the animoji feature called as 3D Qmoji, which is similar to Apple’s Animoji.

6.3-inch full-HD+ notched display

Kirin 710 processor

4GB or 6GB of RAM

64GB or 128GB of inbuilt storage

3,340mAh battery capacity

Dual rear camera set up of 16MP + 2MP

Dual front camera set up of 24MP + 2MP

Keep watching this space for latest updates on the Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i India launch updates on July 26.

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